Case Study: Wood PLC achieves safer, more reliable injection system protection with Datacor Impulse

Wood PLC mitigates 10,000+ psi injection system transients with Datacor

Wood PLC, a global consulting and engineering firm, was tasked with assessing the emergency protection methods for a high-pressure water injection system on an offshore platform. Their challenge was to determine if the system could withstand transient events like pump shutdowns and valve failures without generating unacceptable pressures and forces that could damage piping and equipment. They used Datacor's Impulse software to perform this transient analysis.

Datacor's solution involved using Impulse to model various failure scenarios, which revealed that check valve slam was causing damaging forces and cavitation. By modeling different valves and control logic with Impulse's Event Manager, they identified that installing axial non-slam check valves mitigated the slam event for emergency shutdowns. For a valve failure scenario, the analysis provided the evidence needed to justify installing limit switches to initiate a controlled pump shutdown. Ultimately, Datacor's software was instrumental in mitigating failure risks and ensuring the platform's safety without risk of catastrophic failure.

Wood PLC